Huawei P20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S9+ Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20 Pro

Huawei P20 Pro

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Huawei P20 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S9+ Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 Pro Samsung Galaxy S9+
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Release date 2018, March 2018, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.91 in 158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 2.91 in
Weight 180 g | 6.35 oz 189 g | 6.67 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Colors Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue, Polaris Blue
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 620 EUR 620 EUR

Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" inc 6.2" inc
Screen area 93.9 cm2 98.3 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.0% 84.2%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2240 px 1440 x 2960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 408 PPI 529 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display

Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 40 MP, Triple 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -40 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7'', OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 1/2.7'', OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4'', 3x optical zoom, OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Functions Leica optics, LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 109 100
DxOMark Photo 114 105
DxOMark Video 98 91
Front camera, selfie 24 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Functions Leica optics Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 72 81
DxOMark Photo 67 81
DxOMark Video 79 81

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
Processor CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
Graphics processor GPU Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM - China
128 GB, 6 GB RAM - LATAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 262139 320731
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 511
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1781
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2023
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1981
GeekBench 5 Single Core 356 596
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1467 1902
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2292
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8306
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8586
GeekBench 4 Battery 4096

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio (USA & Canada only)
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
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-Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G965F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G965F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G965U (USA); G965W (Canada); G9650 (China, LATAM)

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